25 stories by "Hannah Hessel Ratner"
“We were just talking about this,” playwright Cheryl L. West tells me over the phone. “I’m one of the most produced contemporary playwrights at Arena Stage.” We…
As part of The Women's Voices Theater Festival, The Keegan Theatre is presenting a repertory schedule of plays by two Irish playwrights - Rosemary Jenkinson's The Dealer of…
In celebration of theatreWeek 2015 and the Women's Voices Theater Festival, theatreWashington is posting daily, in-depth features on the Festival's playwrights an…
When seven of the larger theatres in the Washington area came together to create the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, they were experimenting on a grand scale. Could the local the…
In 2006 something game-changing came to the Washington area. The Capital Fringe Festival opened it’s doors and with it came new opportunities for theatre artists and performers interes…
Since November, Forum Theatre has been releasing episodes of Walking The City Of Silence And Stone. Seven out of nine episodes of playwright Stephen Spotswood’s site-specific audio dra…
Alfred Jarry is not a household name. Those who know him, know him as the author of the pre-absurdist play Ubu Roi, featuring the grotesque Pere Ubu with his signature cone-head and rotund s…
“I have a wacky curiosity with suicide cults and group suicide,” playwright Bob Bartlett admits. Bartlett’s play happiness (and other reasons to die), is the third to come …
At this year's Helen Hayes Awards – to be celebrated April 6 – the National New Play Network (NNPN) will receive the Washington Post Award for Innovative Leadership in t…
The stories we experience in childhood frame how we see the world. Theatre, movies, and books become invaluable sources for understanding what’s around us. For playwright, dramaturg an…
Theater J has made a huge commitment over the past few years to local playwrights, with its Locally Grown new play initiative embracing writers in all stages of their process. Playwright Ren…
Artists Rachel Hynes and Annalisa Dias are both in the process of creating unique pieces of theatre that prove the importance of artistic conversations and mentorship. The medium for develop…
Following up the holiday season in the Mead Theatre Lab at downtown's Flashpoint are a bunch of Santa's elves who are ready to put on a show - just for you. It's not just any sho…
Playwrights often write in isolation for months at a time, prior to sharing their work in workshops, readings, and, eventually, productions. But there are a number of ways to become part of …
Though this series generally showcases new work by area playwrights, this week I want to introduce you to a writer who, though he isn’t DC-based, is entertaining audiences at WSC Avant…
Caleen Sinnette Jennings called me on a Saturday morning from the parking lot of G Street Fabrics. She was on a mission to buy facing for the riser’s at Atlas Performing Arts Center wh…
Every year, during the season planning process, Studio Theatre goes through dozens of unproduced scripts, enjoying what they’re reading, being impressed by the talent but having a hard…
Nathan Weinberger has amassed a growing collection of adaptations. As the resident dramaturg at Synetic Theater—the physical theatre company based in Arlington, VA—he’s rea…
Proving its commitment to new work that reflects the unique qualities of our region, Pinky Swear Productions recently invited six playwrights to write short plays to be performed in the tiny…
As a longtime professor at Georgetown University, George O’Brien kept his classes lively by always exploring new perspectives. Planning a lesson on John Millington Synge’s Irish …
When most people are out of town enjoying their last bit of summer, The Kennedy Center comes to life. For almost 15 years, new plays get their time to shine over the Labor Day weekend. This …
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The Wright Stuff
We think of playwrights as writers but the spelling of their title reveals a deeper meaning. The rarely seen “wright” is an old word, and speaks to people who ma…
The Wright Stuff
We think of playwrights as writers but the spelling of their title reveals a deeper meaning. The rarely seen “wright” is an old word, and speaks to people who ma…
The Wright Stuff
We think of playwrights as writers but the spelling of their title reveals a deeper meaning. The rarely seen “wright” is an old word, and speaks to people who ma…
